The White House slammed the “illegitimate impeachment” inquiry and the vote taken in the U.S. House of Representatives to formalize the process, which even prompted a rare and poignant remark from Ivanka Trump in defense of her dad.
The administration doubled down on the assertion that President Trump has done nothing wrong following the vote which came after heated debate on the House floor. The resolution was passed along party lines with a vote of 232-196, with Reps. Collin Peterson from Minnesota and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey reportedly voting against their Democratic colleagues.
BREAKING: House of Representatives votes to pass resolution in impeachment inquiry rules.
232 in favour
196 against1 Independent voted for
2 Democrats voted against
0 Republicans voted in for1 Democrat and 3 Republicans did not vote.
— Steven D’Souza (@cbcsteve) October 31, 2019
“The president has done nothing wrong, and the Democrats know it,” White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.
“Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats’ unhinged obsession with this illegitimate impeachment proceeding does not hurt President Trump; it hurts the American people,” Grisham added. “Instead of focusing on pressing issues that impact real families, like reducing gun violence, passing the USMCA, improving healthcare, lowering prescription drug costs, securing our southern border, and modernizing our aging infrastructure, the Democrats are choosing every day to waste time on a sham impeachment — a blatantly partisan attempt to destroy the president.”
Here’s the official reaction from the White House spokesperson to the House vote on impeachment rules pic.twitter.com/smnwoZBThE
— Steven D’Souza (@cbcsteve) October 31, 2019
“With today’s vote, Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats have done nothing more than enshrine unacceptable violations of due process into House rules,” Grisham continued. “The Democrats want to render a verdict without giving the administration a chance to mount a defense. That is unfair, unconstitutional, and fundamentally un-American.”
Trump fired off his instant reaction to the vote on Thursday.
The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2019
In a surprise tweet, the president’s daughter, Ivanka, spoke up on Twitter where she quoted “Thomas Jefferson’s reflections on Washington, D.C. in a letter to his daughter Martha.”
“Some things never change, dad!” the first daughter reflected.
“…surrounded by enemies and spies catching and perverting every word that falls from my lips or flows from my pen, and inventing where facts fail them.” -Thomas Jefferson’s reflections on Washington, D.C. in a letter to his daughter Martha.
Some things never change, dad!— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) October 31, 2019
Not surprisingly, the rare commentary from the president’s eldest daughter sparked vicious reactions as anti-Trump critics pummeled her for tweeting.
“When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant.” — Thomas Jefferson
Your father is a tyrant, @IvankaTrump.
— Ryan Knight ? (@ProudResister) October 31, 2019
Inventing facts? Have you met your father? https://t.co/qFktpwqGTs
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 31, 2019
Time to change your name. It’s not too late.
— M. (@stoned99) October 31, 2019
So, Ivanka, couple things:
a.) Jefferson worked his whole life to ensure the president was not above the law
b.) Jefferson was the first top official to call for the impeachment of a president (Washington) for being too close a foreign nation (when he approved the Jay Treaty).— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 31, 2019
The Trump 2020 campaign also slammed the attempt to remove the president from office for “strictly political reasons by a strictly partisan, illegitimate process.”
“Voters will punish Democrats who support this farce and President Trump will e easily re-elected,” Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement.
Donald Trump’s Presidential re-election campaign just fired out this statement in reaction to the vote pic.twitter.com/pZV6h7jqqh
— Steven D’Souza (@cbcsteve) October 31, 2019
Thursday’s vote does not officially start impeachment proceedings but only formalized the procedures of the impeachment inquiry. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern.
“I do not take any pleasure in the need for this resolution,” the Massachusetts Democrat said. “We are here because the facts compel us to be here.”
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz condemned the vote as “another attempt to legitimize a sham process.”
The Dems have wanted to impeach @realDonaldTrump since before the ink was dry on his election certificate.
This resolution was another attempt to legitimize a sham process that has been tainted since January 20, 2017
The American people see this for what it is. #ImpeachmentVote
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 31, 2019
“The American people see this for what it is,” he tweeted.
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